PESTICIDE PHASE OUT

LATEST NEWS

• Pesticides too harmful to use in any form, doctors warn Globe and Mail, April 24, 2004

PESTICIDE FREE ACTION

• Tuesday January 9, 2001 - 900 signatures in support of a phase out of the cosmetic (i.e. Lawns) use of pesticides in the city, presented to Hamilton City Council Hearings Sub Committee
• Wednesday, January 9, 2002 - TARAXACUM OFFICINALE PRESERVATION SOCIETY'S DANDELION TEA & COFFEE PARTY
• Hamilton Action for Social Change is part of the Coalition on Pesticides (Hamilton), seeking
• Support for ongoing pesticide reduction on public spaces within the City of Hamilton.
• Public education to help citizens eliminate their use of pesticides by using alternatives and plant/soil health methods.
• Pursue a phase-out, to elimination, of the cosmetic use of pesticides on private property similar to the City of Halifax By Law, understanding that their Bylaw is only a model for what may be possible.
• Our Pesticide Action leaflet
  



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hamilton action for social change po box 19 1280 main street west hamilton on l8s 1c0
905.627.2696 hasc@tao.ca www.hwcn.org/link/hasc